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St. Johns County, FL Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

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Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Governing section
LDC § 2.02.04.B.19.e.(4)(c)
Requirement
Post garbage & recycling schedule in lease
Applies to
Registered Short Term Vacation Rentals only
General residential collection
Set by separate Code of Ordinances
Enforcement
7-day cure period, § 2.02.04.B.19.g

Summary

St. Johns County doesn't run a residential trash pickup calendar through its Land Development Code, but it does require every Short Term Vacation Rental to tell guests when pickup happens. Section 2.02.04.B.19.e.(4)(c) requires schedules for both garbage pickup and recycling pickup to be posted within the rental agreement itself.

These county ordinances apply to unincorporated areas of St. Johns County. Incorporated cities within the county may have their own rules that take precedence over county-level regulations.

(4) Solid Waste ... (c) Schedules of garbage pickup and recycling pickup shall be posted within the rental agreement.

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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.

Full Breakdown

(4)(c), part of the Solid Waste standards inside the county's Short Term Vacation Rental ordinance, is a disclosure requirement rather than a service mandate: it requires that schedules of garbage pickup and recycling pickup be posted within the rental agreement provided to every renter. The obligation sits alongside the section's other Solid Waste standards, covered containers, a minimum of one container per four transient occupants, and curbside timing limited to sunset the night before pickup through sunrise the morning after, so a guest reading the lease knows both when the truck runs and how the property is supposed to manage its cans in between.

This is narrower than a general municipal trash-collection ordinance: it doesn't set collection days countywide, name the hauler, or establish service as mandatory for every household. St. Johns County's Land Development Code doesn't regulate residential solid-waste collection service at all outside the vacation-rental context; the county's broader solid-waste program, including any mandatory-service requirement for permanent residences, is set out in the separate Code of Ordinances administered by the county's Solid Waste division, not in this Land Development Code. demands be displayed at the unit.

Violations & Fines

Renting out a Short Term Vacation Rental without the garbage and recycling pickup schedule posted in the lease agreement is noncompliance with Section 2.02.04.B.19, enforced the same way as any other violation of that section under subsection g.: a seven-day window to fix the paperwork, enforcement pursued against the tenant or guest first, and a civil penalty set by Board of County Commissioners resolution if the same rental accumulates three violations within a hundred-eighty-day period.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does St. Johns County set trash pickup days in its Land Development Code?
Not for regular households. The Land Development Code only addresses solid waste in the context of Short Term Vacation Rentals, where Section 2.02.04.B.19.e.(4)(c) requires the garbage and recycling pickup schedule to be posted in the rental agreement. Countywide residential collection service is set under the separate Code of Ordinances.
What has to be in a vacation rental's lease about trash pickup?
The schedule for both garbage pickup and recycling pickup, per Section 2.02.04.B.19.e.(4)(c). It's paired with the section's other Solid Waste rules requiring covered containers and limiting curbside time to between sunset the night before pickup and sunrise the morning after.
What happens if a rental's lease doesn't list the pickup schedule?
It's treated as noncompliance with Section 2.02.04.B.19, subject to the same enforcement as any other violation: a seven-day correction period under subsection g., pursued against the guest first, with a civil penalty available if the property racks up three violations within 180 days.

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